1995 NBL season explained

1995 NBL season
League:	National Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	21 April – 16 September 1995 20 September – 5 October 1995 (Finals) 7 – 15 October 1995 (Grand Finals)
No Of Teams:	14
Tv:	Network Ten Fox Sports
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Perth Wildcats
Top Scorer:	Andrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Mvp:	Andrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1995 NBL Finals
Finals Champ:	Perth Wildcats (3rd title)
Finals Runner-Up:	North Melbourne Giants
Finals Mvp:	Andrew Vlahov (Perth)
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	1994 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	1994
Nextseason Link:	1996 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	1996

The 1995 NBL season was the 17th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league.

Clubs

Club	Location	Home Venue	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide, South Australia	Clipsal Powerhouse	8,000	1982	Mike Dunlap
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	13,500	1979	Bruce Palmer
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979	Brett Flannigan
Geelong Supercats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982	Jim Calvin
Gold Coast Rollers	Gold Coast, Queensland	Carrara Indoor Stadium	2,992	1990	Dave Claxton
Hobart Tassie Devils	Hobart, Tasmania	Derwent Entertainment Centre	5,400	1983	Bill Tomlinson
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong, New South Wales	Illawarra Basketball Stadium	2,000	1979	Alan Black
Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne, Victoria	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	15,400	1931	Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle, New South Wales	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	4,658	1979	Tom Wiseman
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Brett Brown
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre	8,200	1982	Adrian Hurley
South East Melbourne Magic	Melbourne, Victoria	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	15,400	1992	Brian Goorjian
Sydney Kings	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Entertainment Centre	10,500	1988	Bob Turner
Townsville Suns	Townsville, Queensland	Townsville Entertainment Centre	5,257	1993	Mark Bragg

Regular season

The 1995 regular season took place over 21 rounds between 21 April 1995 and 16 September 1995.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Ladder

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

¹Head-to-Head between South East Melbourne Magic and North Melbourne Giants (1-1). South East Melbourne Magic won For and Against (+12).

²Head-to-Head between Adelaide 36ers and Newcastle Falcons (1-1). Adelaide 36ers won For and Against (+2).

³Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0).

⁴Geelong Supercats won Head-to-Head (2-0).

Finals

See main article: 1995 NBL Finals.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

1995 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			33.9
Rebounds per game			15.4
Assists per game			10.4
Steals per game			3.8
Blocks per game	John Dorge		2.9
Free throw percentage			89.8%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Andrew Vlahov, Perth Wildcats
Best Defensive Player: Darren Lucas, South East Melbourne Magic
Most Improved Player: Tonny Jensen, Newcastle Falcons
Rookie of the Year: John Rillie, Brisbane Bullets
Coach of the Year: Alan Black, Illawarra Hawks & Tom Wiseman, Newcastle Falcons

All NBL Team

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1	Melbourne Tigers
2	North Melbourne Giants
3	Adelaide 36ers
4	Perth Wildcats
5	Newcastle Falcons
6	South East Melbourne Magic

Six players selected in 1995